CN110944355B

CN110944355B - Information reporting method, receiving method, terminal and network equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110944355B
Application number: CN201811109872.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑倩; 杨晓东; 柯小婉
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-21
Filing date: 2018-09-21
Publication date: 2021-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-21
Also published as: KR102531979B1; EP4294114A3; EP3855791A4; US20230284318A1; JP2022500953A; EP4294114A2; SG11202102858SA; US11678393B2; HUE065222T2; EP3855791A1; KR20210060598A; US20210212147A1; ES2969230T3; CN110944355A; PT3855791T; WO2020057361A1; EP3855791B1; JP7213960B2

Abstract

The invention provides an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal and network equipment, wherein the information reporting method comprises the following steps: sending an RRC recovery request message to the network equipment; receiving a first RRC message sent by the network equipment in response to the RRC recovery request message; sending a second RRC message to the network device in response to the first RRC message; and when the terminal is in an inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the second RRC message carries the identifier of the EPLMN. The scheme of the invention can realize that the reselected EPLMN identifier can be reported under the condition that the EPLMN is reselected from the PLMN at random, thereby ensuring that the network equipment can acquire the reselected EPLMN identifier in time and ensuring the corresponding communication performance.

Description

Information reporting method, receiving method, terminal and network equipment

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal, and a network device.

Background

Currently, a terminal in an Inactive state, such as a UE (User Equipment), may initiate an RNA Update procedure, which is referred to as an RNAU procedure for short, when an RNA (RAN Notification Area) Update condition is satisfied. The RNA update condition may be, for example, a periodic RNAU timer timeout, or a UE moving out of a configured RNA region.

In the RNAU Procedure, the UE may initiate an RRC (Radio Resource Control) recovery Procedure (RRC Resource Procedure) to the base station. Specifically, when initiating an RRC resource Procedure to the base station, the UE may first send an RRC recovery Request (RRC resource Request) message to the base station, where the Request message may carry a cause value (cause value), and the cause value needs to be set to RNAU, so as to indicate to the base station that the UE initiates a corresponding RRC Procedure because the UE satisfies an RNA update condition; then, after receiving the RRC recovery request message of the UE, the base station replies an RRC Release (RRC Release) message to the UE, where the Release message carries suspend configuration (suspend configuration) information, indicates an Inactive (Inactive) state to be in the RRC to the UE, and updates parameter configuration related to the Inactive (active) state of the UE, including RNA configuration information, through the suspend configuration information.

In addition, when an Inactive UE reselects an EPLMN (Equivalent PLMN) from a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), it is desirable to support the UE to report an identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the base station, so that the Network can effectively manage and control the UE. However, in the prior art, when the Inactive UE reselects to the EPLMN and meets the RNA update condition at the same time, since the MSG4(RRC Release with suspension configuration) replied by the base station in the RNAU flow indicates that the UE stays in the Inactive state, the UE does not send an RRC resource Complete message, which results in that the reselected EPLMN cannot be reported to the base station.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an information reporting method, an information receiving method, a terminal and network equipment, and aims to solve the problem that at present, when a terminal in an inactive state simultaneously performs PLMN reselection to an EPLMN and meets an RNA updating condition, the reselected EPLMN cannot be reported to the network equipment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information reporting method, applied to a terminal, including:

sending an RRC recovery request message to the network equipment;

receiving a first RRC message sent by the network equipment in response to the RRC recovery request message;

sending a second RRC message to the network device in response to the first RRC message;

and when the terminal is in the inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the second RRC message carries the identifier of the EPLMN.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information reporting method, which is applied to a terminal, and includes:

and when the terminal is in an inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, sending a third RRC message carrying the identifier of the EPLMN to the network equipment.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information receiving method, applied to a network device, including:

receiving an RRC recovery request message sent by a terminal;

transmitting a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal;

receiving a second RRC message sent by the terminal in response to the first RRC message;

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information receiving method, applied to a network device, including:

and the receiving terminal reselects the EPLMN from the PLMN when in the non-activated state, or sends a third RRC message carrying the identification of the EPLMN when the EPLMN is reselected from the PLMN and the RNA updating condition is met.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

a first sending module, configured to send an RRC recovery request message to a network device;

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first RRC message sent by the network device in response to the RRC recovery request message;

a second sending module, configured to send a second RRC message responding to the first RRC message to the network device;

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

and the third sending module is used for sending a third RRC message carrying the identifier of the EPLMN to the network equipment when the terminal is in the inactive state and the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, including:

a second receiving module, configured to receive an RRC recovery request message sent by the terminal;

a fourth sending module, configured to send, to the terminal, a first RRC message in response to the RRC recovery request message;

a third receiving module, configured to receive a second RRC message sent by the terminal in response to the first RRC message;

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, including:

and the fourth receiving module is used for receiving a third RRC message which is sent by the terminal when the terminal is in the non-activated state and the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or when the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information reporting method applied to the terminal.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information reporting method applied to the network device.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored thereon, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information reporting method applied to the terminal or the steps of the information receiving method applied to the network device.

In the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, through an RRC recovery process initiated by the terminal, the terminal can report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by means of an RRC message under the condition that the PLMN reselected EPLMN occurs or the PLMN reselected EPLMN occurs and the RNA updating condition is met, so that even if the terminal in an inactive state simultaneously reselects the EPLMN by the PLMN and meets the RNA updating condition, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN can be reported to the network equipment, namely under the condition that the PLMN reselected EPLMN occurs at will, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN can be reported, thereby ensuring that the network equipment can acquire the identifier of the reselected EPLMN in time and ensuring the corresponding communication performance.

On the other hand, when the terminal is in the inactive state and the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN can be reported directly by means of the RRC message, so that the signaling overhead is reduced and the communication performance is ensured under the condition that the requirement of reporting the identifier of the reselected EPLMN is met.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a second flowchart of an information reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of an information reporting process according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of an information reporting process according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of an information reporting process according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of an information reporting process according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of an information reporting process according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart of an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a second flowchart of an information receiving method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a second schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a second schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a third schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a third schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information reporting method, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes the following steps:

step 101: an RRC recovery request message is sent to the network device.

It can be understood that the terminal is in an Inactive (Inactive) state when sending the RRC recovery request message. Before initiating the RRC recovery procedure, the terminal may monitor whether PLMN reselection to EPLMN occurs and whether an RNA update condition is satisfied. The precondition for the terminal to initiate the RRC recovery procedure may be any of the following: the occurrence of a PLMN reselection to EPLMN, the satisfaction of an RNA update condition, and the occurrence of a PLMN reselection to EPLMN.

Step 102: receiving a first RRC message sent by the network device in response to the RRC recovery request message.

The receiving of the first RRC message sent by the network device in response to the RRC recovery request message may be understood as that the network device may reply the first RRC message in response to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal after receiving the RRC recovery request message sent by the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, based on a protocol agreement or other preset conditions, the first RRC message may be an existing RRC message, such as an RRC recovery message or an RRC release message, or may be a newly defined RRC message, such as New RRC message _ 1.

It should be noted that, when the first RRC message is an RRC release message, in order to ensure that the terminal can report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN, the RRC release message may carry suspend configuration (suspend configuration) information including radio resource configuration information, and the radio resource configuration information may indicate a resource occupied by the second RRC message, so that the terminal may send the second RRC message by using the indicated resource.

Step 103: a second RRC message is sent to the network device in response to the first RRC message.

And when the terminal is in the inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the second RRC message carries the identifier of the reselected EPLMN. The above-mentioned sending of the second RRC message in response to the first RRC message to the network device may be understood as that, after receiving the first RRC message sent by the network device, the terminal may reply to the network device with the second RRC message in response to the first RRC message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, based on a protocol agreement or other preset conditions, the second RRC message may be an existing RRC message, such as an RRC recovery complete message, or may be a newly defined RRC message, such as New RRC message _2 or New RRC message _ 3.

For example, in a specific implementation, the first RRC message may be an RRC recovery message, and the second RRC message may be an RRC recovery complete message; or, the first RRC message may be an RRC release message, and the second RRC message may be a New RRC message _ 2; alternatively, the first RRC message may be New RRC message _1, and the second RRC message may be New RRC message _ 3.

In the embodiment of the invention, through an RRC recovery process initiated by a terminal, when a PLMN reselects to an EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and meets an RNA updating condition, the terminal can report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by means of an RRC message, so that even if the terminal in an inactive state simultaneously performs the PLMN reselecting to the EPLMN and meets the RNA updating condition, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN can be reported to network equipment, namely, under the condition that the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN randomly, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN can be reported, thereby ensuring that the network equipment can acquire the identifier of the reselected EPLMN in time and ensuring the corresponding communication performance.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, when the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when a PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs, or the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and the RNA update condition is satisfied, the RRC recovery request message may carry a first cause value, where the first cause value may be used to indicate that the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs in the terminal, that is, a corresponding RRC recovery process is initiated when the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs, or the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and the RNA update condition is satisfied, that is, a corresponding RRC recovery process is initiated when the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and the RNA update condition is satisfied.

It should be noted that the first cause value may be selected as a new cause value. When the network device replies a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal, the network device may determine the corresponding first RRC message based on the first cause value carried in the RRC recovery request message. For example, if the first cause value indicates that the terminal reselects to the EPLMN from the PLMN, the network device may determine that the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message, an RRC release message, or a New RRC message _ 1; or, if the first cause value indicates that the terminal has a PLMN reselection to the EPLMN and meets an RNA update condition, the network device may determine that the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message, an RRC release message, or a New RRC message _ 1.

Further, the first cause value may be determined by a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) of the terminal and provided to an AS layer (AS) while providing an identification of the reselected EPLMN to the Access Stratum (AS); alternatively, the first cause value may be determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, that is, after the NAS layer provides the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, the AS layer sets the first cause value.

Or, when the RRC recovery request message is sent when the terminal reselects to the EPLMN from the PLMN, or when the terminal reselects to the EPLMN from the PLMN and meets the RNA update condition, the RRC recovery request message may carry a second cause value, where the second cause value may be used to indicate that the terminal has uplink data transmission or uplink signaling transmission.

It should be noted that the second cause value may be multiplexed with an existing cause value, for example, the second cause value may be set to mo-singalling or mo-data. After receiving the RRC recovery request message carrying the second cause value, the network device may reply an RRC recovery message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal, and further, the terminal may reply an RRC recovery complete message responding to the RRC recovery message to the network device.

Further, the second cause value may be determined by the NAS layer of the terminal and provided to the AS layer while providing the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer; or, the second cause value may be determined by the NAS layer of the terminal, and is provided to the AS layer while providing the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, and simultaneously triggers an NAS signaling flow, where the NAS signaling flow may be a mobility registration update flow, or a core network tracking area update flow, or the like; alternatively, the second cause value may be determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, that is, after the NAS layer provides the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, the AS layer sets the second cause value.

Or, when the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA update condition is satisfied, the RRC recovery request message may carry indication information, where the indication information may be used to indicate whether the terminal has the PLMN to the EPLMN reselected.

It should be noted that the indication information may be selected as 1-bit identification information. When the network device replies a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal, the network device may determine the corresponding first RRC message based on the indication information carried in the RRC recovery request message. For example, if the indication information indicates that the terminal performs PLMN reselection to the EPLMN, the network device may determine that the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message, an RRC release message, or a New RRC message _ 1.

In the embodiment of the invention, in consideration of protocol requirements, when the PLMN list broadcasted by the network equipment includes the Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) of the terminal, the terminal cannot reselect to any other PLMN, that is, when the PLMN list broadcasted by the network equipment does not include the RPLMN of the terminal, the terminal may reselect to the EPLMN, so that the RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message can be selected by the network equipment through the context of the terminal by means of the existing RNAU flow, so that the terminal can report the identity of the reselected EPLMN in case of PLMN reselection to the EPLMN.

Optionally, when the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when the RNA update condition is satisfied, the first RRC message may be sent by the network device when it is determined that the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be recovered does not include the RPLMN of the terminal. Further, the first RRC message may be an RRC recovery message and the second RRC message may be an RRC recovery complete message.

It can be understood that, under the same network device, such as a base station, there may be multiple cells, and each cell may broadcast its own PLMN list, so that the network device may determine, when determining based on the received RRC recovery request message, a cell to be recovered corresponding to a corresponding RRC recovery process.

And when judging that the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be recovered comprises the RPLMN of the terminal, the network equipment can send an RRC release message to the terminal, and the terminal keeps an RRC inactive state at the moment. In this case, the terminal does not reselect to any other PLMN, i.e. to the EPLMN, and therefore does not need to report.

Therefore, by means of the RRC recovery message sent by the network equipment for judging whether the RPLMN is included in the broadcasted PLMN list, reporting of the reselected EPLMN identifier can be realized under the condition that the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may not only report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by using the initiated RRC recovery procedure, but also initiate a new RRC procedure to report, which is described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an information reporting method, which is applied to a terminal, and the method includes the following steps:

step 201: and when the terminal is in an inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, sending a third RRC message carrying the identifier of the EPLMN to the network equipment.

The third RRC message may be selected as a New RRC message, for example, may be selected as New RRC message _ 4. For accurate identification and verification, the third RRC message may carry at least one of the following information in addition to the identifier of the EPLMN that may be carried:

a terminal identification, a MAC-I (Message Integrity protection code-Integrity) and a truncated MAC-I.

It is understood that, in the specific implementation, the third RRC message carries one of the MAC-I and the truncated MAC-I. The terminal identification can be verified for correct identification by means of the MAC-I or the truncated MAC-I.

The terminal identifier may be at least one of: I-RNTI (Inactive-radio network Temporary Identifier), recovery Identifier (resume ID), terminal context Identifier (UE context ID), and 5G-S-TMSI (5G S-Temporary Mobile Subscription Identifier ).

Optionally, after step 201, the method may further include:

and the terminal receives a fourth RRC message or an RRC release message sent by the network equipment in response to the third RRC message.

The fourth RRC message may be selected as a New RRC message, for example, may be selected as New RRC message _ 5. Therefore, by means of the fourth RRC message or the RRC release message, the terminal can know that the network device acquires the identifier of the reselected EPLMN, and ensure the corresponding communication performance.

It is understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the New RRC procedure may be a procedure implemented by using a third RRC message (e.g., New RRC message _4) (one-step flow), may also be a procedure implemented by using the third RRC message (e.g., New RRC message _4) and an existing RRC Release message (MSG4), and may also be a procedure implemented by using the third RRC message (e.g., New RRC message _4) and a fourth RRC message (New RRC message _ 5).

Therefore, when the terminal is in the inactive state and the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the reselected EPLMN identifier can be reported directly by means of the RRC message, so that the signaling overhead is reduced and the communication performance is ensured under the condition that the reselected EPLMN identifier is reported.

Next, the information reporting process of the first to fifth embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 3 to 7.

Example one

In an example, the terminal in the inactive state may report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by initiating an RRC recovery procedure, and when initiating the RRC recovery procedure, a corresponding RRC recovery request message may carry a new cause value. The network device in this example may be, for example, a base station, a NG-RAN node, etc.

Referring to fig. 3, the corresponding information reporting process may include the following steps:

step 31: monitoring whether PLMN reselection occurs and whether an RNA updating condition is met by Inactive UE; wherein, when the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs or the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and the RNA update condition is satisfied, the UE may initiate an RRC recovery Procedure (RRC Resume) to the base station.

Step 32: when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE sends an RRC recovery Request (RRC Resume Request) message to the base station; the request message may carry a first cause value, where the first cause value may be used to indicate that the UE performs PLMN reselection to the EPLMN, or that the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and an RNA update condition is satisfied.

Optionally, the description of the first cause value may refer to the description in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and is not repeated here.

Step 33: after receiving the RRC recovery request message, the base station reads a first reason value in the RRC recovery request message, and replies a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the UE; the first RRC message may be selected as an RRC recovery message, an RRC release message, or a New RRC message _ 1.

Step 34: if receiving the RRC recovery message, the UE replies an RRC recovery completion message responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the RRC recovery complete message carries the identifier (PLMN ID) of the EPLMN, and the UE enters an RRC connection connected state.

Step 35: if an RRC release message is received and the RRC release message carries suspend configuration information including radio resource configuration information, wherein the radio resource configuration information can indicate radio resources, the UE replies a New RRC message _2 responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the New RRC message _2 carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE maintains the RRC inactive state.

Step 36: if receiving the New RRC message _1, the UE replies a New RRC message _3 responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the New RRC message _3 carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE maintains the RRC inactive state.

Example two

In the second example, the terminal in the inactive state may report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by initiating an RRC recovery procedure, and when initiating the RRC recovery procedure, the corresponding RRC recovery request message may carry the multiplexing cause value. The network device in this example may be, for example, a base station, a NG-RAN node, etc.

Referring to fig. 4, the corresponding information reporting process may include the following steps:

step 41: monitoring whether PLMN reselection occurs and whether an RNA updating condition is met by Inactive UE; when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE can initiate an RRC recovery process to the base station.

Step 42: when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE sends an RRC recovery request message to the base station; the request message may carry a second cause value, where the second cause value may be used to indicate that the UE has uplink data transmission or uplink signaling transmission, and may be set to mo-singalling or mo-data.

Optionally, the description of the second cause value may refer to the description in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and is not repeated here.

Step 43: and after receiving the RRC recovery request message, the base station reads the second reason value and replies an RRC recovery message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the UE.

Step 44: after receiving the RRC recovery message, the UE replies an RRC recovery completion message responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the RRC recovery complete message carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE enters the RRC connected state.

Example three

In the third example, the terminal in the inactive state may report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN by initiating the RRC recovery procedure, and when initiating the RRC recovery procedure, the corresponding RRC recovery request message may carry indication information indicating whether the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN. The network device in this example may be, for example, a base station, a NG-RAN node, etc.

Referring to fig. 5, the corresponding information reporting process may include the following steps:

step 51: monitoring whether PLMN reselection occurs and whether an RNA updating condition is met by Inactive UE; when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE can initiate an RRC recovery process to the base station.

Step 52: when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE sends an RRC recovery request message to the base station; the request message may carry indication information for indicating whether PLMN reselection to EPLMN occurs, where the indication information is, for example, 1-bit identification information.

Step 53: after receiving the RRC recovery request message, the base station reads the cause value and the 1-bit identification information, and replies a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the UE; the first RRC message may be selected as an RRC recovery message, an RRC release message, or a New RRC message _ 1.

Step 54: if receiving the RRC recovery message, the UE replies an RRC recovery completion message responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the RRC recovery complete message carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE enters the RRC connected state.

Step 55: if an RRC release message is received and the RRC release message carries suspend configuration information including radio resource configuration information, wherein the radio resource configuration information can indicate radio resources, the UE replies a New RRC message _2 responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the New RRC message _2 carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE maintains the RRC inactive state.

Step 56: if receiving the New RRC message _1, the UE replies a New RRC message _3 responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; wherein, the New RRC message _3 carries the EPLMN ID, and the UE maintains the RRC inactive state.

Example four

In the fourth example, the terminal in the inactive state may report the identity of the reselected EPLMN by initiating an RRC recovery procedure, which may employ an existing RNAU mechanism. The network device in this example may be, for example, a base station, a NG-RAN node, etc.

Referring to fig. 6, the corresponding information reporting process may include the following steps:

step 61: monitoring whether RNA updating conditions are met or not by Inactive UE; wherein, when the RNA updating condition is satisfied, the UE can initiate an RRC recovery process to the base station.

Step 62: when the RNA updating condition is met, the UE sends an RRC recovery request message to the base station; wherein, the request message may carry a cause value, and the cause value may be set to RNAU.

And step 63: after receiving the RRC recovery request message, the base station initiates a process of acquiring the UE context; the acquired UE context may include a PLMN list broadcasted by the base station.

Step 64: and the base station judges whether the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be recovered comprises the RPLMN of the UE.

Step 65: and if the RPLMN of the UE is not included, the base station replies an RRC recovery message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the UE.

And step 66: if the RPLMN of the UE is included, the base station replies an RRC release message (MSG4) responding to the RRC recovery request message to the UE; the MSG4 may carry suspend configuration information (same as the existing mechanism), and the UE maintains RRC inactive state.

Step 67: after receiving the RRC recovery message, the UE replies an RRC recovery completion message responding to the RRC recovery message to the base station; if the NAS layer of the UE provides the reselected PLMN ID to the AS layer in initiating step 62, the RRC recovery complete message carries the EPLMN ID, otherwise, the RRC recovery complete message does not carry the EPLMN ID; the UE enters RRC connected state.

Example five

In the fifth example, the terminal in the inactive state may report the identifier of the reselected EPLMN using a new RRC procedure. Referring to fig. 7, the corresponding information reporting process may include the following steps:

step 71: monitoring whether PLMN reselection occurs and whether an RNA updating condition is met by Inactive UE; when the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs or the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and the RNA update condition is satisfied, the UE may initiate a new RRC procedure to the base station.

Step 72: when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the UE sends New RRC message _4 to the base station; wherein, the New RRC message _4 at least carries the reselected EPLMN ID.

Step 73: the base station replies a New RRC message _5 responding to the New RRC message _4 or a RRC Release message (MSG4, the same as the existing mechanism) carrying the suspend configuration information to the UE, and the UE maintains the RRC inactive state.

Referring to fig. 8, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an information receiving method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes the following steps:

step 801: and receiving an RRC recovery request message sent by the terminal.

Step 802: and sending a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal.

Step 803: and receiving a second RRC message sent by the terminal in response to the first RRC message.

In the specific embodiment of the present invention, optionally, the RRC restoration request message is sent by the terminal when a PLMN reselects to the EPLMN or when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and an RNA update condition is met;

the RRC recovery request message carries a first cause value, wherein the first cause value is used for indicating that the terminal is reselected to the EPLMN by the PLMN, or the EPLMN is reselected by the PLMN and the RNA updating condition is met;

or, the RRC recovery request message carries a second cause value, where the second cause value is used to indicate that the terminal has uplink data transmission or uplink signaling transmission;

or, the RRC recovery request message carries indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal reselects the PLMN to the EPLMN.

Optionally, the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message, and the second RRC message is an RRC recovery complete message;

or, the first RRC message is an RRC release message, where the RRC release message carries suspend configuration information including radio resource configuration information, and the radio resource configuration information indicates a resource occupied by the second RRC message.

Optionally, when the RRC recovery request message carries the first cause value,

the first cause value is determined by a non-access NAS layer of the terminal and is provided to an access AS layer while providing an identification of a reselected EPLMN to the AS layer;

or, the first cause value is determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer.

Optionally, when the RRC recovery request message carries the second cause value,

the second cause value is determined by the NAS layer of the terminal and provided to the AS layer while providing the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer;

or, the second cause value is determined by the NAS layer of the terminal, and is provided to the AS layer while providing the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the S layer, and simultaneously triggers an NAS signaling flow;

or, the second cause value is determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer.

Optionally, the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when an RNA update condition is satisfied; the first RRC message is sent by the network device when it is determined that the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be restored does not include the RPLMN of the terminal.

Referring to fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an information receiving method, which is applied to a network device, and the method includes the following steps:

step 901: and the receiving terminal reselects the EPLMN from the PLMN when in the non-activated state, or sends a third RRC message carrying the identification of the EPLMN when the EPLMN is reselected from the PLMN and the RNA updating condition is met.

Optionally, the third RRC message further carries at least one of the following information:

terminal identification, MAC-I and truncated MAC-I.

Optionally, after step 901, the method may further include:

and sending a fourth RRC message or an RRC release message responding to the third RRC message to the terminal.

The above embodiments describe the information reporting method and the information receiving method of the present invention, and the following describes the terminal and the network device of the present invention with reference to the embodiments and the drawings.

Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal 10, including:

a first sending module 11, configured to send an RRC recovery request message to a network device;

a first receiving module 12, configured to receive a first RRC message sent by the network device in response to the RRC recovery request message;

a second sending module 13, configured to send a second RRC message responding to the first RRC message to the network device;

or, the second cause value is determined by the NAS layer of the terminal, and is provided to the AS layer while providing the identifier of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer, and simultaneously triggers an NAS signaling flow;

Optionally, the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when an RNA update condition is satisfied;

the first RRC message is sent by the network device when it is determined that the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be restored does not include the RPLMN of the terminal.

Referring to fig. 11, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal 110, including:

a third sending module 111, configured to send a third RRC message carrying the identifier of the EPLMN to the network device when the terminal is in an inactive state and the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN, or when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and an RNA update condition is met.

terminal identification, MAC-I and truncated MAC-I.

Optionally, the terminal may further include:

a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a fourth RRC message or an RRC release message sent by the network device in response to the third RRC message.

Referring to fig. 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device 120, including:

a second receiving module 121, configured to receive an RRC recovery request message sent by the terminal;

a fourth sending module 122, configured to send the first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal;

a third receiving module 123, configured to receive a second RRC message sent by the terminal in response to the first RRC message;

Optionally, the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when a PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs, or the PLMN reselection to the EPLMN occurs and an RNA update condition is satisfied;

Referring to fig. 13, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device 130, including:

a fourth receiving module 131, configured to receive a third RRC message that carries an identifier of the EPLMN and is sent when the terminal is in an inactive state and reselects to the EPLMN, or when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and meets an RNA update condition.

terminal identification, MAC-I and truncated MAC-I.

Optionally, the network device 130 may further include:

a fifth sending module, configured to send a fourth RRC message or an RRC release message responding to the third RRC message to the terminal.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, can implement each process of the above-mentioned information reporting method applied to the terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted here.

Specifically, fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the terminal 1400 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 1401, network module 1402, audio output unit 1403, input unit 1404, sensor 1405, display unit 1406, user input unit 1407, interface unit 1408, memory 1409, processor 1410, and power supply 1411. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal configuration shown in fig. 14 is not intended to be limiting, and that the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The radio frequency unit 1401 is configured to send an RRC recovery request message to a network device, receive a first RRC message sent by the network device in response to the RRC recovery request message, and send a second RRC message responding to the first RRC message to the network device; and when the terminal is in an inactive state, the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN, or the PLMN is reselected to the EPLMN and the RNA updating condition is met, the second RRC message carries the identifier of the EPLMN.

Or, the radio frequency unit 1401 is configured to send, to the network device, a third RRC message carrying an identifier of the EPLMN when the terminal is in the inactive state and the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN, or when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and an RNA update condition is met.

In the embodiment of the present invention, through an RRC recovery process initiated by the terminal 1400, when a PLMN reselects to an EPLMN or a PLMN reselects to an EPLMN and satisfies an RNA update condition, the terminal 1400 may report an identifier of the reselected EPLMN by using an RRC message, so that even when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and satisfies the RNA update condition at the same time in the terminal in the inactive state, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN may also be reported to the network device, that is, when any PLMN reselects to the EPLMN, the identifier of the reselected EPLMN may be reported, thereby ensuring that the network device can obtain the identifier of the reselected EPLMN in time, and ensuring corresponding communication performance.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 1401 may be configured to receive and transmit signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, receive downlink data from a base station and then process the received downlink data to the processor 1410; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio unit 1401 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. The radio unit 1401 may also communicate with a network and other devices via a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through the network module 1402, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse webpages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit 1403 can convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 1401 or the network module 1402 or stored in the memory 1409 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 1403 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 1400 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 1403 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 1404 is for receiving an audio or video signal. The input Unit 1404 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 14041 and a microphone 14042, the Graphics processor 14041 Processing image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 1406. The image frames processed by the graphics processor 14041 may be stored in the memory 1409 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio unit 1401 or the network module 1402. The microphone 14042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 1401 in case of a phone call mode.

Terminal 1400 also includes at least one sensor 1405, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 14061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 14061 and/or the backlight when the terminal 1400 moves to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 1405 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 1406 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 1406 may include a Display panel 14061, and the Display panel 14061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 1407 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 1407 includes a touch panel 14071 and other input devices 14072. The touch panel 14071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 14071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 14071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 1410, receives a command from the processor 1410, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 14071 can be implemented by various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 14071, the user input unit 1407 may include other input devices 14072. In particular, the other input devices 14072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein.

Further, the touch panel 14071 may be overlaid on the display panel 14061, and when the touch panel 14071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 14071, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 1410 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 1410 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 14061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 14, the touch panel 14071 and the display panel 14061 are two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 14071 and the display panel 14061 may be integrated to realize the input and output functions of the terminal, and is not limited in particular.

The interface unit 1408 is an interface to which an external device is connected with the terminal 1400. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. Interface unit 1408 may be used to receive input from external devices (e.g., data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more elements within terminal 1400 or may be used to transmit data between terminal 1400 and external devices.

The memory 1409 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 1409 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. In addition, the memory 1409 can include high speed random access memory and can also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 1410 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 1409 and calling data stored in the memory 1409, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal. Processor 1410 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 1410 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1410.

The terminal 1400 may further include a power source 1411 (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and preferably, the power source 1411 may be logically connected to the processor 1410 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system.

In addition, terminal 1400 may further include some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a network device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein when being executed by the processor, the computer program implements each process of the information receiving method embodiment applied to the network device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted here.

Specifically, fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention, where the network device 150 includes but is not limited to: bus 151, transceiver 152, antenna 153, bus interface 154, processor 155, and memory 156.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the network device 150 further includes: computer programs stored on the memory 156 and executable on the processor 155. Optionally, the computer program when executed by the processor 155 may implement the steps of:

controlling the transceiver 152 to receive an RRC recovery request message transmitted by a terminal, transmit a first RRC message responding to the RRC recovery request message to the terminal, and receive a second RRC message transmitted by the terminal in response to the first RRC message;

Optionally, the computer program when executed by the processor 155 may implement the steps of:

the control transceiver 152 receives a third RRC message that carries an identifier of the EPLMN and is sent when the terminal is in an inactive state and the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN, or when the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and meets an RNA update condition.

A transceiver 152 for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 155.

In fig. 15, a bus architecture (represented by bus 151), bus 151 may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with bus 151 linking various circuits including one or more processors, represented by processor 155, and memory, represented by memory 156. The bus 151 may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. Bus interface 154 provides an interface between bus 151 and transceiver 152. The transceiver 152 may be one element or may be multiple elements, such as multiple receivers and transmitters, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The data processed by the processor 155 is transmitted over a wireless medium via the antenna 153, and further, the antenna 153 receives the data and transmits the data to the processor 155.

Processor 155 is responsible for managing bus 151 and general processing, and may also provide various functions including timing, peripheral interfaces, voltage regulation, power management, and other control functions. And the memory 156 may be used to store data used by the processor 155 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 155 may be a CPU, ASIC, FPGA, or CPLD.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when being executed by a processor, the computer program can implement each process of the above-mentioned information reporting method applied to a terminal, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program can implement each process of the information receiving method embodiment applied to the network device, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. An information reporting method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) recovery request message to network equipment;

wherein, when the terminal is in an inactive state, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) reselects to an Equivalent Public Land Mobile Network (EPLMN) and meets an access network notification area (RNA) update condition, the second RRC message carries an identifier of the EPLMN;

wherein the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when PLMN reselection to EPLMN occurs and an RNA updating condition is met;

the RRC recovery request message carries a first reason value, and the first reason value is used for indicating that the terminal is reselected to the EPLMN by the PLMN and meets an RNA updating condition;

or,

the RRC recovery request message carries a second cause value, where the second cause value is used to indicate that the terminal has uplink data transmission or uplink signaling transmission, and trigger an NAS signaling flow;

or,

the RRC recovery request message carries indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal reselects the EPLMN from the PLMN.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message and the second RRC message is an RRC recovery complete message;

or,

the first RRC message is an RRC release message, where the RRC release message carries suspend configuration information including radio resource configuration information, and the radio resource configuration information indicates resources occupied by the second RRC message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the RRC recovery request message carries the first cause value,

or,

the first cause value is determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the RRC recovery request message carries the second cause value,

or,

the second cause value is determined by the AS layer of the terminal after the NAS layer provides the identity of the reselected EPLMN to the AS layer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when an RNA update condition is satisfied;

the first RRC message is sent by the network equipment under the condition that the PLMN list broadcasted by the cell to be recovered does not include the Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) of the terminal.

6. An information receiving method applied to a network device, comprising:

receiving an RRC recovery request message sent by a terminal;

wherein, when the terminal is in the inactive state, the PLMN reselects to the EPLMN and meets the RNA updating condition, and the second RRC message carries the identifier of the EPLMN;

or,

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first RRC message is an RRC recovery message, and wherein the second RRC message is an RRC recovery complete message;

or,

8. The method of claim 6, wherein when the RRC recovery request message carries the first cause value,

or,

9. The method of claim 6, wherein when the RRC recovery request message carries the second cause value,

or,

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the RRC recovery request message is sent by the terminal when an RNA update condition is satisfied;

11. A terminal, comprising:

or,

12. A network device, comprising:

or,

13. A terminal comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

14. A network device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the information receiving method according to any one of claims 6 to 10.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the information reporting method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 or the steps of the information receiving method according to any one of claims 6 to 10.